Get in touch! With my passion to provide access for all, I strive to break down any potential barriers to the outdoors that might be holding people back. Don’t want to get your nice tops dirty and can’t afford to buy anything new at the moment? No problem! I may be able to provide clothing and shoes that you may need, so please get in touch and let me know your size so I can source them in plenty of time before the start of your session.

You are exactly the person I want to introduce to climbing! I’m different to most other instructors - this is not about climbing and getting to the top, this is about making mighty personal gains in small steps.

I don’t care if you don’t get any further than 3 feet off the ground - today, you made progress by showing up and trying. It’s hard to see now, but it’s a victory, and you got out into fresh air in a beautiful environment, enjoying getting into nature and trying your best. There’s always tomorrow to try and ascend one more foot.

Little by little, together in time, we will conquer heights, both physically and mentally.

I am a qualified Rock Climbing Instructor, Climbing Wall Development Instructor and a Mountain Leader Trainee, a member of the Mountain Training Association, the British Mountaineering Council and accredited by Mountain Training. I am also a certified Wilderness First Responder. Vertical Victories has Personal Liability Insurance and is fully insured to deliver all of the above courses and services.

I regularly work with under 18’s at my local climbing wall under their directive, and hold full DBS disclosures with them. However as an independent business, if I were to do a session with a person under the age of 18 then they would always need to be accompanied by a parent, as I do not hold the AALA license needed to take children unsupervised. Parents can be involved in the climbing and skills if they like, or just accompany the child to the crag or wall.

I do not offer the Skills courses to under 18’s.

If you want to cancel your booking you must inform Vertical Victories in writing as soon as possible. Your notice of cancellation will take effect when it is received. If cancelled 10 days, or more, before the course then a gift card of the same value will be offered. As we incur costs from the time of your confirmed booking, your payment will go towards our cancellation fees and no refund will be offered if cancelled within 10 days of the session start date.

The weather will not affect the indoor courses, however high winds, rains and storms will likely affect the running of the outdoor sessions. I will be in touch as soon as possible if the weather is not suitable for the session to go ahead. I may need to alter our planned route or reschedule your experience, often we can have the option of spending some of the day indoors doing some skills or coaching instead.

I regret that I do not offer refunds due to circumstances beyond my control, but instead I can offer a gift card to the value of your booking.

If for any reason the weather does take a turn for the worse during your experience, I must safely guide you back to a safe place/meeting point. 

Please get in touch with me via the enquiries form on the Contact page.

Let me know in the Message section what dates will work for you. This does not guarantee a booked space quite yet.

Once I have received your request, I will check my availability and also take into consideration whether the indoor or outdoor environments will be suitable for those requested dates.

I will then liaise with you via email or Whatsapp to work out a date that works for all of us.